By now you’re probably well versed with protagonist Saitama’s backstory. Only a few years before, he was unemployed with ambitious of being a businessman. Inspired to make good on his boyhood dreams to be a superhero, he trains so hard he goes bald and is able to defeat any enemy with a single punch. It’s all well and good being so powerful, but it hardly makes for good sport. Needless to say, Saitama is pretty bummed out and it’s easy to see why – can you imagine how disheartened Goku would be if he could defeat every baddie with one punch? Here’s where we meet our hero, in amongst his depression and existential crisis in search of an adversary that’ll give him a run for his money.   Although the character’s psychology underpins much of these twelve episodes, its ostensibly action orientated, pitting Saitama and his fellow heroes against a rogue’s gallery of kooky over-the-top enemies, any of which could have hopped over from One Piece. Even the heroes themselves run the gamut from the ridiculous to the ridiculously ordinary, many of whom could easily have fronted their own show. Who doesn’t want to see a Mumen Rider series? Given [...]

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